God of Tricksters

*Huft!*

*Huft!*

Theo panted a few times as he had been fighting against a single monster for fifteen minutes. It was truly one of the longest fights against a Normal Monster.

Although he was exhausted, he had some confidence in taking down the monster because he had been injuring the monster from time to time, weakening it with those wounds and blood loss.

If this continued for another ten minutes, he was sure that the monster was dead.

But the moment the entema rushed forward, lightning suddenly sparked in front of Theo and spread only in the entema's direction, electrocuting it.

"!!!" Theo was slightly surprised that Ergene chose to interfere now. But he didn't waste this time.

With the lightning numbing and paralyzing the entema's body, he made a swift charge and cut the entema. The latter still managed to avoid his attack by throwing himself to the side, but Theo still cut his left arm.

After that, he continued cutting the entema apart and ultimately killed him.

[Killed an Entema.]

[EXP +4,511,900.]

[You've leveled up.]

"That was hard." Theo let out a breath of relief. He had exhausted a large portion of his power to kill this one Mythical Rank Monster. If not because of Ergene's help, he might need two-thirds of his Magic Power to kill a single monster. And the situation would be extremely difficult with multiple Mythical Rank Monsters or Supreme Rank Monsters joining the fight.

Although the amount of EXP he got was huge, he wouldn't be able to reach his goal this time.

And that was where Ergene came in.

After seeing Theo killing the entema, Ergene leaped into the air and landed next to Theo, asking, "Are you truly… Theodore Griffith?"

"What's wrong? Regretting your choice now?" Theo smiled.

"But you have shown your face to me at that time! You didn't use any Magic Power or face mask…"

"You can just say that it's my power." Theo pointed at his clone. "Don't you think my clone looks like a real body?"

"That's true…"

Theo shrugged with a smile as if telling her that was the case. Of course, Theo wasn't going to say anything since it would be a lie.

Ergene, on the other hand, furrowed her eyebrows. Obviously, everyone wanted to be Theodore Griffith because they idolized him. From someone who was bullied and lost everything, Theo fought against fate and became the MVP of the Grand Gaia Competition.

Later he found out that he was the son of the two big families: The War God Family and the Griffith Family. His talent was also beyond everyone's imagination.

His name alone could strike fear in many people's hearts because they didn't know what evil plans he had for them.

Although they idolized Theo, no one dared to claim he was Theodore Griffith. After all, one of the top hidden families, the Griffith Family, would hunt them down.

Yet, Joker claimed that he was Theodore Griffith. With the rest of the proof in her head, she had to admit that they were really the same person.

"Still, even if the Star Group created an ID for you, it would be impossible to escape from the Griffith Family's eyes. They would realize that the ID Card just appeared out of nowhere." Ergene was still confused about one thing.

However, Theo only shrugged his shoulders and said, "I already created two identities even before going to the Grand Gaia Competition… Even if they can trace it, they won't know it's me. Unless the Griffith Family can threaten the United Nations, they won't be able to find out."

"…" Ergene sucked a cold breath. To think that his plan was already from that far away, she was completely stunned, not realizing it was just her misunderstanding since Joker Identity was created completely not for a huge plan like this.

"What's wrong? Do you regret it now? Following me means fighting against the Griffith Family. They'll hunt you down as soon as they know it's me." Theo smirked.

"How many people have known this?" Ergene answered his question with another question.

"Felix and Jeff? I think. I've given a task to Jeff, which is basically one of the biggest hints to my identity. So, with you, there are three people in our group. Millie, Chris, and Ryo are unaware of this at all… But Isaac seems to have some suspicions already. He's a smart guy after all."

"No wonder your combat prowess is ridiculously high." Ergene let out a long sigh. "It turned out the moment I accepted that challenge of yours, I had fallen into your trap."

"So, are you going to leave me now? Or probably kill me and give my head to the Griffith Family?" Theo smiled.

"Don't underestimate me. I have sworn to follow you, so of course, I'm going to see it through, even if it means the path of my doom. However, I feel a bit excited now." Ergene smiled while snapping her fingers as if she wanted to fight.

"Excited?" Theo expected Ergene to be angry and scared, but he never thought she would be excited.

"Yes. You can fool the Griffith Family this whole time is enough for me to know you are qualified to challenge them. Fighting against all odds and coming out victorious… there's nothing more exciting than this."

"Sorry to say, but you're pretty weird, you know that?" Theo shook his head helplessly.

"You're the last person who can say that. You're a freak." Ergene snorted.

"Well, since you helped me earlier, that means you have…" Theo glanced at Ergene, waiting for her answer to their cooperation.

"You can indeed fight and even defeat a Mythical Rank Monster with all your power. However, it will drain too much energy, lowering your leveling speed which is already ridiculously high. That's why you brought me here, right? You want to lower the Magic Power consumption with my help while raising my levels as well."

"Yeah." Theo nodded. Ergene's eyes indeed could see his plan easier than anyone else in the group.

"I'm in! Let's do this. You already have Perfect Control, so I don't see any problem in you reaching Mythical Rank right now. If my help can quicken the progress, I'd love to help."

"Great. Let's do it then?"

"Got it."